The band, originally called Chin Up, consists of frontman/songwriter Jon Foreman, bassist and brother Tim Foreman, drummer Chad Butler, lead guitarist Drew Shirley, and synthesizer/keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas.
| Year | Title | Label(s) | Chart positions | Certification/Sales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heatseekers | US Billboard 200 | US Top Internet Albums | US Top Digital Albums | Canada | ||||
| 1997 | The Legend of Chin | Re:Think Records/Sparrow | ||||||
| 1999 | New Way to Be Human | Re:Think Records/Sparrow | #31 | |||||
| 2000 | Learning to Breathe | Re:Think Records/Sparrow | #34 | *US Gold 500,000+ copies sold | ||||
| 2003 | The Beautiful Letdown | Columbia/Red Ink/SonyBMG | #16 | #16 | *US Double Platinum 2.6 million+ copies sold *Canada Gold | |||
| 2005 | Nothing Is Sound | Columbia/SonyBMG | #3 | #1 | *US Gold 549,000+ copies sold | |||
| 2006 | Oh! Gravity. | Columbia/SonyBMG | #18 | #1 | #17 | *US 200,000+ copies sold | ||
| 2009 | TBA | Lowercase People Records | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Title | Label(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Switchfoot: Live - EP | Columbia/SonyBMG |
| 2006 | Oh! EP | Independently Released |
| Year | Title | Label(s) | Chart positions | Certification/Sales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heatseekers | US Billboard 200 | US Top Internet Albums | US Top Digital Albums | Canada | ||||
| 2004 | The Early Years: 1997-2000 (November 2, 2004) | Sparrow | *US Gold 500,000+ copies sold | |||||
| 2008 | The Best Yet (November 4, 2008) | Columbia/SonyBMG | ||||||
| Year | Title | Label(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Best of Bootlegs Vol. 1 | Lowercase People Records |
| Year | Title | Certification | Label(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Switchfootage | Independently Released | |
| 2003 | Live in San Diego | Platinum (100,000+ sold) | Columbia/SonyBMG |
| 2004 | The Beautiful Letdown (Dual Disc) | Columbia/SonyBMG | |
| 2004 | Feet Don't Fail Me Now | Independently Released | |
| 2005 | Nothing Is Sound (Dual Disc) | Columbia/SonyBMG | |
| 2006 | Switchfootage 2 | Independently Released | |
| 2007 | Live at the Ventura Theatre | Lowercase People Records |
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |||||||
| US US Hot 100 | US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | US Pop | US Top 40 | US Hot AC (Adult Top 40) | UK | AUS | |||
| 2003 | Meant to Live | 18 | 5 | 36 | - | 7 | 5 | 20 | - | The Beautiful Letdown |
| 2004 | Dare You to Move | 17 | 9 | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | 35 | The Beautiful Letdown |
| 2004 | This Is Your Life | - | 30 | - | - | 31 | 28 | - | - | The Beautiful Letdown |
| 2005 | Stars | 68 | 16 | 39 | 38 | 33 | 15 | - | 43 | Nothing Is Sound |
| 2006 | We Are One Tonight | - | - | - | - | 31 | 36 | - | - | Nothing Is Sound |
| 2006 | Oh! Gravity. | - | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Oh! Gravity. |
| 2007 | Awakening | - | - | - | - | - | 54 | - | - | Oh! Gravity. |
| 2008 | This Is Home | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | - | - | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (soundtrack) |
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
| CHR | Billboard Hot Christian Songs | Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary | |||
| 2003 | Gone | 1 | 27 | 37 | The Beautiful Letdown |
| 2007 | Head Over Heels (In This Life) | 4 | 22 | Oh! Gravity. | |
| Year | Title | Album |
| 2006 | Dirty Second Hands | Dirty Second Hands - Single |
| 2007 | Rebuild | Rebuild - Single |
| Year | Title | Album | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "Chem 6a" | The Legend of Chin | Watch |
| 1999 | "New Way to Be Human" | New Way to Be Human | Watch |
| 1999 | "Company Car" | New Way to Be Human | Watch |
| 2000 | "You Already Take Me There" | Learning to Breathe | Watch |
| 2003 | "Meant to Live (Live Version)" | The Beautiful Letdown | Watch |
| 2003 | "Meant to Live" | The Beautiful Letdown | Watch |
| 2004 | "Meant to Live (Spiderman 2 Version)" | The Beautiful Letdown | Watch |
| 2004 | "Dare You to Move" | The Beautiful Letdown | Watch |
| 2004 | "Dare You to Move (Version 2)" | The Beautiful Letdown | Watch |
| 2005 | "Stars" | Nothing Is Sound | Watch |
| 2005 | "Stars (Live Version)" | Nothing Is Sound | Watch |
| 2006 | "We Are One Tonight (Fan Montage Version)" | Nothing Is Sound | Watch |
| 2006 | "We Are One Tonight" | Nothing Is Sound | Watch |
| 2006 | "Oh! Gravity." | Oh! Gravity. | Watch |
| 2007 | "Awakening" | Oh! Gravity. | Watch |
| 2008 | "This Is Home" | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (soundtrack) | Watch |
| Year | Title | Album | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "Happy Is a Yuppie Word" | Nothing Is Sound | Watch |
| 2006 | "The Blues" | Nothing Is Sound | Watch |
| Year | Album | Song(s) | Label(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Happy Christmas | "Evergreen" | BEC Records |
| 1999 | Listen: Louder | "Spirit" | Sparrow Records |
| 2002 | A Walk to Remember Soundtrack | "I Dare You to Move" "Someday We'll Know" (Jon Foreman & Mandy Moore) "Learning to Breathe" "You" "Only Hope" | Sparrow Records |
| 2003 | Mixdown | "New way to Be Human (Remix) | Forefront Records |
| 2004 | Full Circle (Charlie Peacock) | "Insult Like the Truth" | Sparrow Records |
| 2004 | Kevin & Bean's Christmastime in the 909 | "Old Borego" | KROQ 106.7 |
| 2005 | Elektra: The Album | "Sooner or Later (re-recorded)" | Wind-up Records |
| 2005 | Happy Christmas Vol. 4 | "Evergreen" | Tooth & Nail Records |
| 2006 | Smash-Ups | "Switchfoot "You Already Take Me There" vs. Grits "TN Bwoys"" | Sparrow Records |
| 2007 | San Diego Fire Relief CD | "Rebuild" | Sounden Recordings |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (soundtrack) | "This Is Home" | Disney Records |
| Year | A-side | Song(s) | Label(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Beautiful Letdown | "Monday Comes Around" "Meant to Live (Acoustic)" "Dare You to Move (Alternative Radio Mix)" | Columbia/Red Ink/SonyBMG |
| 2003 | Meant to Live (Single) | "Monday Comes Around" "On Fire [Live]" "The Beautiful Letdown [Live]" Meant to Live [Multimedia Track] | Columbia/Red Ink/SonyBMG |
| 2004 | Dare You to Move (Single) | "Monday Comes Around" "Meant to Live (Live)" "On Fire [Live]" "Gone [Live]" | Columbia/Red Ink/SonyBMG |
| 2005 | Stars (Single) | "Stars (Acoustic)" "Dare You to Move (Acoustic)" | Columbia/SonyBMG |
| 2005 | Nothing Is Sound | "Goodnight Punk" "Old Borego" "Stars (Acoustic)" "Dare You to Move (Alternative Version) "Daylight to Break" | Columbia/SonyBMG |
| 2006 | Oh! Gravity. (Single) | "Oh! Gravity. Album Preview" | Columbia/SonyBMG |
| 2006 | Oh! Gravity. | "American Dream (acoustic)" "Awakening (Rhapsody Original version)" " Burn Out Bright (acoustic)" "C'mon C'mon (acoustic)" "C'mon C'mon (remix)" "Dirty Second Hands (Live Bootleg From Tulsa, OK)" "Revenge" "The Shadow Proves The Sunshine (alternate version)" "We Are Bound" | Columbia/SonyBMG |